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The result was Keep; non-admin closure. TonyBallioni (talk) 00:33, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Transwiki to wiktionary and delete - Wikipedia articles are not dictionary definitions. Otto4711 (talk) 00:10, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to Wiktionary I agree with you. Lady Galaxy 00:24, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete and Transwiki Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a dictionary. Earthbendingmaster 01:46, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • … so it can have an encyclopaedia article on touts, what they do, and the tricks that they pull when touting; for which this is a wholly unsourced, but otherwise reasonable, beginning. Sources apparently exist for doing so. ISBN 1740593561 page 94 documents what touts do in Thailand, for example. Please read Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary#Stubs with no possibility for expansion. Wiktionary is not an encyclopaedia. Uncle G (talk) 03:19, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - there is plenty of material that can be drawn upon to write an encyclopaedic page on touts. In the UK, the complex legal position can be explained and it currently has been the subject of a parliamentary debate here, the heavyweights report the problems touting brings here and here and it sometimes causes international concerns here. BlueValour (talk) 04:49, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, I think a good article could be written on this. Needs sources, but they should not be too difficult to find (yes, I know, I know, WP:SOFIXIT). Lankiveil ^{(complaints | disco)} 12:25, 25 January 2008 (UTC).[reply]
• Keep. I'm inclined to agree with Uncle G here. We have an article on chavs, why not one on touts? The term is commonly used by West African law enforcement bodies such as Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission; this article could easily be expanded. Heather (talk) 12:47, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. It's little more than a stub now, but has growth potential. −Woodstone (talk) 13:48, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.